TEMPE, Ariz. – Seven Southern Conference women's tennis programs were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Teams and 39 SoCon student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes when the organization announced its annual academic awards Tuesday.
Furman, Mercer, UNCG, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford earned the team distinction.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
Furman
Gabby Rodriguez
Katty Weymouth
Danni Vines
Katarina Kozarov
Georgie Walker
Mercer
Christie Cesarini
Lucia Gutierez
Grace Korta
Marie Moffet
Celine Schepers
Katherine Sidor
Annamarie Sovic
Maeva Roquebert
Samford
Roos van der Zwaan
Ellie Gerlach
Holly Horsfall
Elsa Pool
Arianna Beltrame
Amanda Kilduff
Kristiana Lewis
UNCG
Corinne Blythe
Tayah Cross
Alice Taylor
Chattanooga
Delaney Edwards
Caroline Hall
Emma Van Hee
Sydney Patton
Western Carolina
Carli Deehr
Jordyn King
Lauren McCall
Jordan Strickland
Savannah Taranto
Caitlin Ward
Alexa Webb
Wofford
Curran Carver
Cassidy Hicks
Lauren Reid
Samantha Russell
Jenna Vroman